Beijing Panjiayuan flea market, located in the southeast corner of Beijing Third Ring Road, is the largest flea market in China. Shops and merchants, and the first and second areas of greenhouses are open from Monday to Friday, and all shops are open on Saturday and Sunday, and the market is not closed all year round. Panjiayuan flea market is located in the southwest of Panjiayuan Bridge in the East Third Ring Road of Beijing, covering an area of 48,500 square meters. The market is divided into six business areas: stall area, ancient building area, classical furniture area, modern collection area, stone carving area and catering service area. Mainly engaged in antique items, handicrafts, collectibles and decorations, with an annual turnover of several hundred million yuan. There are more than 4,000 merchants and nearly 10,000 businessmen in the market, 60% of whom come from 28 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions outside Beijing, involving more than a dozen ethnic groups such as Han, Hui, Manchu, Miao, Dong, Uygur, Mongolia and North Korea. The market was formed in 1992, and gradually developed with the rise and activity of folk antique art trade. Now it has become a large antique art market that spreads folk culture. Take the 300,300 Express, 957 Express and 2957 Express, and get off at Panjiayuan Bridge North. Take bus No.28, 368, 627, 638, 938, 974 and 976 and get off at Panjiayuan Bridge. Take 674, 34 and 802 and get off at Panjiayuan Bridge West. Panjiayuan Station of Metro 10 Line is under construction. Please get off at Jinsongqiao Station and go south along the Third Ring Road for about 1 km. Panjiayuan flea market is the most popular antique market in China. The shops in the market are open 365 days a year, and stalls are open every weekend. On the opening day of the weekend, there were 60,000 to 70,000 people, including nearly 10,000 foreign guests. Tourists of different colors, languages, classes and beliefs blend here. Former US President Hillary Clinton, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Hastert, Greek Prime Minister simitis, Romanian Prime Minister Nastase, Sri Lankan President kumaratunga, Princess sirindhorn of Thailand and dozens of other foreign dignitaries have visited here for shopping. "Climbing the Great Wall, eating roast duck, visiting the Forbidden City and Panjiayuan" has become an important project for foreign tourists to visit China. This market is the most comprehensive collectible market in China. The main products are antique furniture, Four Treasures of the Study, ancient calligraphy and painting, old books and periodicals, agate and jade, ceramics, Chinese and foreign coins, bamboo and wood bone carvings, shadow play, Buddhist keepsakes, national costumes and cultural relics of the Cultural Revolution. The market is a window for the display of collections, a platform for collectors to communicate and a paradise for Tibetan friends to Taobao. This market is the largest distribution center of folk handicrafts in China. There are snuff bottles in Hengshui, New Year pictures in Yangliuqing, embroidery in Jiangsu, woodcarving in Dongyang, stone carving in Quyang, shadow play in Shandong, porcelain and crystal ornaments in Jiangxi, purple sand in Yixing, bronze wares in Shaanxi, costumes in Yunnan, buddhist supplies in Tibet, white jade in Xinjiang, and jiaochi pottery in Taiwan Province. These handicrafts with different folk customs are gathered in Panjiayuan from all over the country and sold to the whole country and the world from here.
Panjiayuan second-hand market was rated as "Top Ten Antique Markets in China" by public voting at the "First China Collection Annual Ranking Awards Conference" in 2004. "Panjiayuan" has become a carrier of regional culture, a characteristic cultural symbol, a title that affects local feelings and an intangible asset in the treasure house of Chinese culture.
Panjiayuan Antique Market 200111A handicraft shed was built and put into use at the end of October. Every weekend, many professional or professional painters and painters sell their paintings and calligraphy works directly here, so the price is cheaper than other places, and many galleries in Beijing also buy goods from here.
Panjiayuan market has many stalls dealing in antique paintings and calligraphy, especially posters of various eras, which are important props reflecting the characteristics of the times in film and television works and are also the objects of some people's collections.
Silk Street
9. Xiushui Street
China, the only world-famous market, is listed on the world tourism map. In the eyes of foreign tourists, Xiushui Street is a must-see place with the same reputation as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and Beijing Roast Duck.
She wove the riverside scene on Qingming Festival with the silk of reform and opening up. More than 20 years ago, a group of young people full of hope for the future set up a simple pavement in Xiushui East Street, Beijing, and used the superior position adjacent to the embassy district to deal in silk and foreign trade clothing. At this time, although she is childish, it is difficult to hide her natural beauty, and her gestures are like everyone's demeanor.
Fame spread like wildfire, and more and more people patronize and favor it. Gradually, she felt overwhelmed and a little tired-Xiushui Street was too famous, the passenger flow was too concentrated, and the reception capacity was overwhelmed. She needs rest and rebirth. As a result, the new Xiushui Street came into being.
Xiushui street introduction
Take Beijing Subway 1 Line and get off at Yong 'anli Station to reach Xiushui Street. This China commodity market, which can be found on many world-wide tourist maps, was once ridiculed as "the only world-famous market in China". "Climb the Great Wall, visit the Forbidden City, eat roast duck and swim in Xiushui". Together with the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, roast duck and other "symbols of Beijing", Xiushui Street in Beijing has become a landmark for many domestic and foreign tourists to visit Beijing.
Xiushui Street Market, founded in 1980, was originally a few shops scattered in embassies and diplomatic apartments. At that time, there were not many residents nearby and the consumer market was not optimistic. Who would have thought that ten years later, it has become a "folk trade center" for overseas tourists to watch and shop, and even some economists call it "the Riverside Map on Qingming Festival in 2 1 century cut out by scissors of reform and opening up".
Fashionable goods, unique geographical location, "bargaining" operation mode, and the exchange of various dialects. In any case, Xiushui has established an irreplaceable position, which is the confluence of brand, fashion and multi-culture.
On June 6, 2005, at 65438, the old Xiushui market was closed for renovation. On March 19, the new "Xiushui Street" officially opened, bidding farewell to the weather-beaten business environment of the old "Xiushui Market" and continuing the myth of "Xiushui" in buildings. The new "Xiushui Street" is actually a department store with a building area of 28,000 square meters and 1500 stalls, which can provide shelter for merchants.
The stall owner gestured in English and bargained with foreign businessmen with a calculator. Although there is no traffic on the street stalls in the open air, there is still a momentum of "merchants gathering and bustling". "Xinxiushui" maintains the shopping street form of the old market, with more specialty goods and longer shopping time. The famous Xiushui Street is still well preserved. Small handicraft stalls of less than 5 square meters can bring a lot of income every day. Many foreign VIPs come here with their wives to see the "Xiushui" customs.
In the past, Xiushui attracted overseas tourists with its highly simulated "famous brand". Xiushui is changing now. "Xiushui in culture, Xiushui in fashion, Xiushui in brand and Xiushui in innovation" are the images that the new "Xiushui Street" is building.
In the new "Xiushui Street", you can buy authentic clothes in the "boutique corridor"; You can also find fashionable foreign trade orders. In addition, the new "Xiushui Street" is already the densest market of China's time-honored brands: Quanjude, Ruifuxiang, Tongrentang, Qianxiangyi, Inline Rising and Shengxifu all have a place here.
From famous brand clothing, handicrafts, pearl silk, antiques and other China specialties to Beijing roast duck restaurant, western-style coffee shop, fast food restaurant and convenience supermarket, this is the "Xiushui Street" in Beijing.
Tiananmen Square and Huabiao
1. Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square is located in the center of Beijing, 880 meters long from north to south and 500 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of 440,000 square meters. It can accommodate 654.38 million people for a grand party. It is the largest city square in the world today.
Tiananmen Square records the indomitable revolutionary spirit and fearless heroism of the Beijing people. February 9th Movement, May? The 20th Movement left a rich and colorful stroke in China's modern revolutionary history. After the founding of New China, Tiananmen Square was widened and a monument to the people's heroes was built in the center of the square. Later, the Great Hall of the People was built on the west side of the square, the Chinese Revolution Museum and the Chinese History Museum were built on the east side, and the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall was built on the south side.
Tiananmen Gate is located at the northern end of the square. Tiananmen Square was built in the 15th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (14 17), formerly known as Chengtianmen, and rebuilt in the 8th year of Qing Shunzhi (165 1). There are five doors and nine towers, which are 33.7 meters high. There is a red and white pier with a height of 10 meter on the base of the beautifully carved white marble Mount Sumi, which is the magnificent Tiananmen Gate. Under the tower is the sparkling Jinshui River, on which there are five beautifully carved white marble Jinshui Bridges. In front of the tower, two pairs of heroic stone lions and beautiful China watches are skillfully matched, making Tiananmen a perfect masterpiece of architectural art
On June 6th, President Mao Zedong announced the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC) at Tiananmen Gate and personally raised the first five-star red flag. Since then, Tiananmen Gate has become a symbol of new China, and its solemn image is an important part of our national emblem.
2. Chairman Mao Memorial Hall
Chairman Mao Memorial Hall is located in Tiananmen Square, south of the Monument to the People's Heroes. Located in the former site of Zhonghua Gate, the groundbreaking ceremony was held in 1976, and it was completed in May/977, covering an area of over 57,000 square meters with a total construction area of 28,000 square meters. The main body is square, with 44 exposed columns of Fujian yellow granite buildings outside. The columns are made of decorative ceramic plates in Shiwan, Guangzhou, and covered with granite in Qingdao. There are two glass cornices on the roof with sunflower relief in the middle. There are two platforms on the pedestal, both of which are purplish red granite beside the Dadu River in Sichuan, surrounded by Fangshan white marble evergreen ornamental railings. There are two white marble pendants carved with sunflower, evergreen, wintersweet and pine trees in the middle of the north and south steps.
Chairman Mao Memorial Hall is 280 meters long from north to south and 220 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of 57,200 square meters and a building area of 28,000 square meters.
(1) Courtyard
There are two groups of clay sculptures in front of the north gate of the main building, featuring China's revolutionary epic. The East Group represents the period of new democracy and the West Group represents the period of socialist construction. The south gate of the main building is two groups of clay sculptures, the content of which is to inherit Chairman Mao's legacy and show the great confidence of people of all ethnic groups. There are 62 figures in four groups of clay sculptures (3? 5 meters), which was jointly completed by more than 100 sculptors from 8 provinces and cities in China. All the statues used more than 200 tons of mud, which lasted for 5 months. The 30 red flags outside the south gate represent 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China.
(2) Memorial Hall
The memorial hall is the main building and consists of three parts. Base: 4m high, side length 105? 5 meters. There are 44 square columns on the abutment with a cross section of 1? 5 meters high, 17? 5 meters. The abutment is raised by purple granite on the Dadu River. On the white marble railing above, evergreen trees symbolizing the eternal life of mountains and rivers are carved. 1976165438+1the cornerstone buried in the groundbreaking ceremony on October 24th is under this foundation. Stones from Mount Everest and water from the Taiwan Province Strait are built around the cornerstone. Enter the north main entrance, that is, the north hall, with a width of 34? 6 meters, depth 19? 3 meters, 8 meters high? 5 meters. There are four columns 1 m square in the hall, with 1 10 sun lanterns on the top and the famous grey marble in Hangzhou on the ground. There is a 3-meter-high portrait of Chairman Mao, followed by a huge landscape painting, 7 meters high and 24 meters long. This is the place where commemorative activities are held. Go in through the golden nanmu door on the south side of the North Hall, which is the viewing hall. The crystal coffin is 80 cm from the ground, surrounded by colorful mountain flowers, surrounded by stepped coffins made of black granite, and surrounded by party emblem, national emblem and military emblem. To the south of the viewing platform is the South Hall, and the white marble wall is engraved with Chairman Mao's "Man Jiang Hong". On the east and west sides of the three pavilions are the lounge and the memorial room of the old revolutionary base area. The whole project of the memorial hall took only six months. The main works were completed on May 24th 1977. It was completed at the end of August and officially opened on September 9.